2016 (True Freshman): Redshirted.
High School: Named second-team all-state, first-team all-county and first-team all-region after leading Gwinnett County and setting a single-season school record with 17 sacks as a senior … 17 sacks in 2015 broke his own school record of 14 that he compiled as a junior … Also holds single-game school record with five sacks … Helped lead Mill Creek H.S. (coach Shannon Tarvis) to back-to-back region championships as a junior and senior … Lettered three times in both football and track and field in both the shot put and discus.
Personal: Full name is Tyler Nicholas Vernon … Born Oct. 5, 1997 … Son of Paul and Anita Vernon … Has a younger brother … Cousin, Blake Wood, was an all-ACC pitcher at Georgia Tech and is currently a member of the Cincinnati Reds … Tyler started playing football at age six … Majoring in biology.
CAREER HIGHS
Tackles: 1 vs. Jacksonville State, Sept. 9, 2017
